The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed on the lunar surface on August 23. The Chandrayaan-3 lander is captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which is currently in orbit around the moon. The day after landing, the ISRO confirmed that the Chandryaan-3 lander had successfully deployed the six-wheeled lunar rover that had ridden to the surface tucked inside the spacecraft’s body. pic.twitter.com/1g5gQsgrjM — ISRO (@isro) August 26, 2023Together, the lander, which weighs about 1,700 kilograms (3,748 pounds), and the 26-kilogram (57.3-pound) rover are packed with nearly a dozen scientific instruments. Else, it will forever stay there as India’s lunar ambassador,” the ISRO posted on X.

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Persons: Narendra Modi, NASA's, —, Luna, ove Organizations: CNN, Soviet Union, NASA's Goddard Space Flight, Arizona State University, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO Locations: India, United States, China, Chandryaan, Russia